Sustainability & Green Living

Town Initiatives

Council and staff at the Town of Ladysmith take our commitment to sustainability seriously. The Town has won awards for initiatives like our curbside organic waste pick-up program and our Sustainability Visioning initiative. Read more about the Town's sustainability initiatives...

Our Green Team

Garbage & Recycling

Ladysmith was the first community in the Cowichan Valley Regional District to bring in a curbside recycling program in 1995; and in 2003 was the first community in BC to introduce a curbside pick-up program for household organic waste. The garbage we send to landfills has gone down by 60 per cent since 1995.

Water Supply

Ladysmith takes the quantity and the quality of its water supply very seriously. The Town has brought in a number of measures to upgrade the water supply sytem and to reduce water use in the community.

Energy Stewardship

Ladysmith has signed the Community Action Charter, which is a provincial government pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by the year 2020. Council adopted our Community Energy Plan in 2008.